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Today, as in days of old, the Acqua Vergine is regarded as furnishing some of the purest drinking-water in Rome, reputed for its restorative qualities. Many people to this day can be seen filling containers for drinking and cooking in its splendid fountains, including: Trevi Fountain; The fountains of Piazza del Popolo The Cascade on the Pincio
For more than two thousand years fountains have provided drinking water and decorated the piazzas of Rome. During the Roman Empire, in 98 AD, according to Sextus Julius Frontinus, the Roman consul who was named curator aquarum or guardian of the water of the city, Rome had nine aqueducts which fed 39 monumental fountains and 591 public basins, not counting the water supplied to the Imperial ...
Léon Bonnat, Roman Girl drinking at a Fountain (1875) The city of Rome began installing nasoni in the 1870s to provide a water supply for citizens. The exact year is not known: sources note both 1872 [5] and 1874 [6] as the first time a nasone was installed. The fountains' design went unchanged for decades.
The new fountain that marked the terminus of the restored aqueduct was the first new monumental wall fountain in Rome since antiquity. [ 4 ] The initial effort to build the aqueduct, by architect Matteo Bartolini, was a failure: Bartolini miscalculated the incline of the channel, so the flow of water was much less than needed reach the Quirinal ...
New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks about the tornado that touched down in Rome, NY on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. Tense Times Hochul said the state is committed to doing whatever it takes to ...
The tornado that touched down in Rome on Tuesday produced winds of up to 135 miles per hour and ran for 5.25 miles before lifting off again after about 10 minutes on the ground, according to the ...
Rome's skyline is forever changed after a severe storm ripped through Oneida County, leaving Rome the most damaged and more than 15,000 without power Major storm, possible tornado, leaves Rome ...
Fontana dell'Acqua Paola (detail) The Fontana dell'Acqua Paola was inspired by the popularity of the Fontana dell'Acqua Felice, built in 1585–1588 by Pope Sixtus V.Pope Paul V decided to rebuild and extend the ruined Acqua Traiana aqueduct built by the Emperor Trajan in order to create a source of clean drinking water for the residents of the Janiculum Hill, who were forced to take their ...